Convertible raincoat or cape



@CL 26, 1948- M. J. KRAFT ETAL 2,452,475

l v CONVERTIBLE RAINCOT 0R CAPE n 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed Aug. 15, 1945 Oct. 26, I I M. J KRAFT ETAL I CONVERTIBLE RAINCOAT OR CAPE Filed Aug. 15, 1945 2 SheebS-Sheel'l 2 A INV/Nmes Nav jrafz Meyaf Edf@ Patented Get. 26, 1948 Marie J. Kraft, Three Oaks, Mich., and Margaret Durey, Cleveland, Ohio, assignors to The Warren Featherbone Co., Three Oaks, Mich., a corporation of `Michigan Application August 13, 1945, Serial No. 610,472

This invention relates to a garment which is to be worn either as a cape having no sleeves, or alternatively as a raincoat having sleeves.

Among the objects of the present invention is to provide a combined raincoat and cape wherein the sleeves are formed in the garment in such a manner that they may be turnedlinside yout and placed inwardly of the outside body of the fabric, and wherein a zipper is arranged in connection with the juncture of the sleeve with the shoulder portion foi the coat and operable in such a manner as to close the opening formed by theedges 4of the inturned sleeve whereby the sleeve portion externally of the cape completely disappears and the opening is closed to provide a cape.

Yet another object of the invention resides in providing a coat wherein the sleeves are united to the shoulder portions of the coat by means of a zipper arrangement which will permit the sleeve to be turned inwardly and the opening closed by the zipper whereby the. shoulder portion of the garment is externally devoid of sleeves and may be worn somewhat as a cape.

These and -other objects of the invention will be apparent from a perusal of thev Vfollowing specication when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, wherein:

vFigure 1 is a front view of the garment showing the sleeves projecting externally thereof :Iy

Figure 2 is a back view of the garment showing the sleeves arranged outside;

Figure 3 is a left front view showing the inside and the zipper closed, effect;

Figure 4 is an enlargeddetail view of the garment, the sleeve being shown projected as it would appear when it is inserted into the inside of the garment as shown in Figure 3;

Figure 5 is an outside view of the upper vportion of the garment with the sleeve projecting on the outside thereof;

Figure 6 is an enlarged sectional view taken on the line 6 6 ofpFigure 5;

Figure '7 is a view of the upper portion of the garment showing the sleeve projecting inwardly; and

Figure 8 is la sectional view taken on the line 8-8 of Figure 3.

Referring now to the drawings in detail, the garment is preferably formed as a coat such as a raincoat or overcoat, and made to provide two front sections 2 and 4 which are adapted to button alongthe front by means of the buttonholes 6 and the buttons 8, see vFigure 3. v In addition'there is provided the collar |0-of any desired construction.

sleeves providing a cape a'claims. (c1. z-svvl The rear I2 :may be formed of one yor more pieces. It is at the shoulder that the present invention differs from the ordinary type of coat. The usual shoulder seams Ill and I6 start from the collar andextend downwardly to about the points `I8, 2B, and :at this point a sleeve is attached. The sleeve is formed of two pieces comprising a piece 22 which has one edge extending along the line 24 and another edge extending along the lines of stitching 26. The other portion of the sleeve is formed by the piece 28 which is of similar shape. These two sleeve pieces 22 and 28'are stitched together along the line 24, which stitching is covered by a V-shaped binding 2da, see Figure 8. A portion 46 of the outer edge of the piece 22 is folded over on itself and stitched from the l-owerY end of the sleeve upwardly to a point 26a at which point the diagonally disposed edge 22' of this sleeve piece 22 is stitched as at 22h to a tape portion |32 of a zipper tape which, as is well known in the art, comprises a pair of zipper tapes each provided with a one half zipper track. This tape portion `32 of the zipper tape is likewise stitched as at 22e to the front piece 2 of the coat at the shoulder. This portion of the tape32 extends up to the point i8, as shown in Figure 7 at the shoulder. This diagonal edge of the sleeve indicated at 22', which is likewise stitched to the tape portion 32 of this tape as shown in Figure 7, extends diagonally with respect to the edges 24 and 26 of the piece 22. Thus, the entire length of this diagonal edge 22 of the sleeve 22 is stitched to the tape portion 32 ofthe zipper track rand this tape portion 32 of the zipper track is also stitched to that part Iof the front 2 indicated at 22e in Figure '7, which extends parallel to the edge portion 22' of the sleeve portion 22.

In a similar manner the other piece 28 of this same sleeve has a free edge 5U, see Figure A'7, which extends from the bottom oi the sleeve up to the point where this section 28 ofthe sleeve meets the other tape portion 36 of the zippertrack, At this point the upper diagonal edge of this sleeve portion 28 runs parallel to the edge portion 22 of the piece 22 of the sleeve and is sewed or stitched to the other track tape 36 and this track tape 36 is likewise stitched to the back portion I2 of the coat at the sleeve opening. Thus the sleeve opening extends from the point i8 of Figure 7 teapproximately the point 26a of Figure l. The two diagonal edges of the sleeve opening formed in the front and back portions 2 and l2 respectively are thus stitched by the zipper tape strips A32 and 36, one of the zipper tape strips 32 being stitched to the sleeve edge 22 and the other zipper tape 36 being stitched to the corresponding upper diagonal edge of the sleeve portions 28. A usual type of zipper slider cooperates with the zipper tracks carried by the zipper tapes 32 and 26 for opening and closing the zipper opening.

By reason of this construction it Will be seen that theftwo joints between the two sections 'or the sleeve and the bod-y portion of the coat are bordered by the cooperating zipper track portions 3| and 35. Zipper strip slider 44 serves to lock these portions. is at the top of the sleeve, substantially at the point I8 the zipper strip is in ,open .position as shown in Figure 5, and this is the normalposition of the device when used as a coat. When, how@ ever, it is desired to use the device as a cape, each sleeve is tucked inwardly and the zipper slides 44 are then pulled downwardly along the strip to 1o. When the upper strip slider 44,',

unite the two pairs of zipper track portions, ini

which final position the sliders are located at the armpit, see Figures 3 and 4, in which case the openings' formed iby the sleeves and externally of the garment will be completely sealed and closed byft-hcizipperstrips so that the garment maybe used as a cape'. The inturned sleeves will hang down `on itheinsidfe of vthe ,cape and will not be observable from the ,outside of the cape. l j It :will be understood of course that the present invention is not limited to Athe specific construction ofthe sleeves other than the manner in which a'sleeve may be incorporated as a part of the garment in :combination with the zipper strips so that the sleeves may either hang externally as ordinary sleeves in which thelzipper strips are open, jor, alternatively the sleeves may be turned in` and the zipper closed.A The edges '46 and 50 of sleeve portions 22 and 23 may be either `free as shown in Figure 'I' :or'these two edge portions may be sewed together throughout their length. In Figures 1 and 2 they are shown as sewed together, Whereas in Figure 5 they are .shown as open and adapted to have the bottoms closed by the sniappers 48..

Obviously the invention is not limited to the speciiic details of construction disclosed herein but is capable of other modifications and changes without 'departing from the spirit and scope of the appended claims. I-llaving thus described our invention what we Vclaim as new and desire to secure by Letters Pat# ent is:

1. A convertible `cape or coat comprising front and back body portions each being formed at their shoulder and armpit junctions thereof with elongated arcuate sleeve aperture edges, la pair of sleeves each having at its upper end anarcuate edge extending substantially diagonally to the inner and outer longitudinal edges of the 'sleeve and which arcuate edges are adapted to be `secured to the arcuate edges of the sleeve opening, a 'pair of cooperating Zipper track-carrying tapes associated with each sleeve opening, one of said tapes being secured to the edge of the sleeve opening formed in the back, and said tape being also secured to a portion of the arcuate edge of a sleeve and the other zipper track-carrying tape being secured to that edge of the sleeve opening formed in the front of said body portion and said second tape likewise being secured to the remaining portion of the arcuate edge of said same nary type of sleeve permanently secured to the body portion of the coat and whereby alternatively said sleeve may be tucked in said sleeve opening and extended inside of said coat and the zipper tracks locked to close the sleeve aperture and provide a cape.

l 2. A convertible cape or coat comprising front and back body portions each being formed at their shoulder and armpit junctions thereof with velongated arcuate sleeve aperture edges of substantiallyy equal extent in length, a pair of sleeves each having at its upper end an arcuate edge extending arcuately and diagonally to the inner and'outer longitudinal edges of the sleeve, a pair of: cooperating zipper track-carrying tapes of equal length associated with each sleeve opening,

Vone of said tapes being secured to the edge of the sleeve opening formed in the back and extending from the armpit of the sleeve to the midpoint of the shoulder or top of the sleeve opening, and said tape likewise being secured to that one halfy portion of the arcuate edge portion of the sleeve extending from .the armpit of the sleeve tothe uppervedge fof the sleeve that lies on the outer seam ofthe sleeve, and the other zipper- 4carrying tape 4being secured to that edge of the sleeve opening formed 1in the front of said body portion vand extending from the center of the armpit opening' to the edge at the top of the .shoulder .at the Louter seam, said last mentioned tape being likewise secured to the remaining one half/of the arcuate edge portion of said same sleevaand a `slider mechanism cooperating with said zipper track portions carried by said tapes whereby to lock and'unlock them so that when the zipper tracks are unlocked the sleeve may be projected externallyof vthe coat to form an ordinary type of sleeve permanently secured to the body portionof the coat and whereby alternativelytsaidsleeve may be tucked in said sleeve opening andwextended inside of said coat and the 'zipper tracks locked vto close the sleeve aperture and provide a cape.

3. vA convertible cape .or coat comprising front vand back body portions formed at their shoulder andnarmpit junctions with substantially equal sleeve aperture edge portions, a pair of sleeves each beingY formed of a pair of substantially iden ticallyrshaped sections, said sections having opposed equal inner edges and having opposed outer marginal edges of greater length than said inner edges, said opposed marginal outer edges being stitched together and each of said sleeve sections being provided with diagonally extending marginal edges which extend from the upper ends of said innery longitudinal edge portions to the upper ends of said outer longitudinal edges, ya pair of cooperating zipper Itrack-carrying tapes associated withl each opening, one of said tapes being stitchedV to the margin of the sleeve opening formed in the back body portion and also being secured `to one of the two substantially equal diagonal edge portions of one of said sleeve sections, andthe other zipper-carrying track being secured to that 'margin of the sleeve opening which is formed in the front of said body portion and said second tape likewise being secured to the other of the substantially equal diagonal edge portions of said other section of said sleeve, and a slider mechanism cooperating with said zipper track portions carried by said tape whereby to lock andunlock them so that when the zipper tracks are unlocked thesleeve may be projected externally 'off-the coat to form an ordinary type of sleeve permanently'secured to the body portion of the coat and whereby alternatively said sleeve may be tucked in said sleeve opening and extending inside of said coat and the zipper tracks locked to close the sleeve aperture and provide a cape.

MARIE J. KRAFT. MARGARET DUREY.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the le of this patent:

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